A Hierarchical Coordinate System for Geoprocessing and Cartography

Author:   Geoffrey H. Dutton
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Edition:   1999 ed.
Volume:   79
ISBN:  

9783540649809


Pages:   230
Publication Date:   20 October 1998
Format:   Paperback
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A Hierarchical Coordinate System for Geoprocessing and Cartography


Overview

When spatial data is digitized for use in geographic information systems and other software, information about its original scale, resolution and accuracy is frequently lost. As a result, using such information at different scales and combining it with data from other sources may be difficult. Mapping vector data at smaller than the original scale requires its generalization, which is usually handled by post-processing in ways that are only weakly supported by databases. The models and methods described in this book overcome many such problems by providing a multi-resolution data representation that allows retrieval of map data at a hierarchy of scales, as well as documenting the accuracy of every spatial coordinate.

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Author:   Geoffrey H. Dutton
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   1999 ed.
Volume:   79
Weight:   0.385kg
ISBN:  

9783540649809


ISBN 10:   3540649808
Pages:   230
Publication Date:   20 October 1998
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction and Problem Statement.- Historical and Conceptual Background.- Computational Aspects of a Quaternary Triangular Mesh.- Using QTM to Support Map Generalization.- QTM Scale Filtering: Tests and Evaluations.- New Approaches to Cartographic Questions.- Quaternary Triangular Mesh Data Processing.- Basic, Computational and Invented Geospatial Terms.- Generalization Experiments: Statistical Results.- Generalization Experiments: Cartographic Results.- Efficiency of QTM as a Spatial Index for Point Data.

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